- Description
- 1 v. (32 collages on handmade paper); 32 x 25 cm.
- Summary
- "Men taken out of environment from magazines and placed in Fairytale situations, somtimes [sic] dancing amputies [sic]"--Artist's information sheet.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Artists' books – United States – 20th century.
- Collages – United States – 20th century.
- Stickers.
- Clippings.
- Mechanical works.
- Handmade papers (Paper).
- Embedded papers (Paper).
- Note
- "This book is one-of-a-kind"--Accompanying information sheet by the artist, dated May 14, 1984.
- Title page, colophon and cover title in letterpress.
- Signed and dated 1982.
- The volume consists of 9 sheets of pink and yellow handmade paper, each folded to form 2 leaves, bound in black cloth, with first and last sheet forming endpapers; additional sheet of yellow handmade paper mounted on front and back covers.
- The collages are composed of col. clippings from magazines, printed col. gummed paper stickers and condoms; double-page (1) and full-page. The clippings are of nude men, from Playgirl magazine, some cropped, most with flaps (images on front and back pastedowns reproduced by color xerography); the stickers depict animals, birds, flowers, fruits, leaves, Christmas and Easter motifs and cars; 3 condoms are mounted on 2 otherwise blank leaves, each of which contains an embedded condom (one partly revealed); 2 otherwise blank leaves contain embedded condoms. Two collages (stickers only) on front and back covers.
- Indexed In (note)
- Center for Book Arts: the first decade
- Call Number
- *KW+ 89-817
- OCLC
- NYPG91-F68
- Author
Mabe, Joni Lee, 1957- Artist
- Title
The book of nude men and rubbers [graphic] / Joni Mabe.
- Imprint
Athens, GA : Green Street Studios, 1982.
- Indexed In:
Center for Book Arts: the first decade, 69
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
*KW+ 89-817